FilmProcessMarch12th

I need to find the original French text for the forest scene. I will record a French speaking actor to read the prose. It's clear that the small amount of prose that is attached to the scene is probably not enough to make a 4 minute film from, and the more interesting aspect is the bit of reading I was doing in one of the critical guides around what the forest actually means, or represents in the book.

She (find this quote), talks about how the forest is always a place of threes. There are always 3 events going on, a pairing of lovers and a discovery.

I would like to use this notion of discovery in the film.

There's something about three. The three elements of her mind;

1. Present. This is happening now.

2. Remembered (recalled). This is a memory of a place, it's being recalled, narrated, remembered.

3. Recalled as present. Now we are inside the mind and it becomes the present, and is reflected upon and altered.

This 'threes' can also be figuratively and narratively called upon, from within the novel:

1. Cécile and Cecil are lovers, discovered by Anne.

2. Cecil and Elsa are lovers, discovered by Raymond.

3. Raymond and Elsa are lovers, discovered by Anne.

It's also interesting to look at the use of fours in the text. Cécile talks about 4 heartbeats as she counts in fours.

Film titles:

3 and 4 in the forest.

4 heartbeats.

In addition, I've been looking at using 16mm footage, and Cherry Kino in particular.

http://cherrykino.blogspot.com/

She has referenced these films and filmmakers:

https://vimeo.com/7213089

The one above I love for it's aesthetic, it has a 1950s/1960s feel to it.

https://vimeo.com/34714103

This one above has made me reconsider the possibility of using the original footage and playing with it, actually turning it into a new version. I like this idea a lot.